[3] Christopher Long is the current Chief Executive Officer at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has been so since September 2014.

The former boss of Hull Primary Care Trust replaced previous CEO, Phil Morley.

The Trust is one of a small number implementing the Lorenzo patient record systems[4] having accepted a financial support package.

[8] The trust was the biggest single contributor to the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter.

This meant its performance against the target to treat or discharge 95 per cent of patients within four hours of attendance fell from 95% to 84%.